Past Events

"Inside Politics: American Policy at Home and Abroad"  

Christine Todd Whitman
Monday, September 22, 2008
7:30 p.m.
College Union Ballroom

Christine Todd Whitman is the President of The Whitman Strategy Group (WSG), a consulting firm that specializes in energy and environmental issues, and co-chair of the Republican Leadership Council (RLC), which she founded with Senator John Danforth and Lt. Gov. Michael Steele. The RLC's mission is to support fiscally conservative, socially tolerant candidates and to reclaim the word Republican.  The RLC was created in March of 2007 by joining forces with Governor Whitman's political action committee, It's My Party Too. She is the author of a New York Times best seller by the same name, which was published in January of 2005 and released in paperback in March 2006.

Governor Whitman served in the cabinet of President George W. Bush as Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency from January of 2001 until June of 2003. She was the 50th Governor of the State of New Jersey, serving as its first woman governor from 1994 until 2001.

Governor Whitman is on the Steering Committee of The Cancer Institute of New Jersey; the Board of Trustees of the Eisenhower Fellowships; the Board of Directors of the Council on Foreign Relations; the Governing Board of the Park City Center for Public Policy; and is a former member of the Board of the New America Foundation. She was also the Co-Chair for the Council on Foreign Relations' Task Force, More Than Humanitarianism: A Strategic U.S. Approach Toward Africa as well as the Aspen Health Stewardship Project, which was released in February of 2008. She co-chairs Clean and Safe Energy (CASE) with Dr. Patrick Moore.

There will be a book signing after the event.  This event is wheel-chair accessible, free and open to the public

Sponsored by the Women's Studies Program, The Eisenhower Institute, Office of the Provost, EPACC, and the Department of Political Science.

 

GENDER AND JUST SUSTAINABILITY

"Making Feminist Sense of Militarism and Global Environmental Problems"

Dr. Joni Seager

Professor of Geography and Chair of Global Studies, Bentley College

Dr. Joni Seager teaches broadly across a human geography and environmental studies curriculum.  Her research interests include feminist geography, global political economy, militaries and militarism, and international environmental policy.

Thursday, September 24, 2009

7:30 p.m.

College Union Building, Room 260

 

Co-sponsored by EPACC, the Departments of Economics, Environmental Studies, French and Italian, History, Visual Arts, and Peace and Justice Studies.

 

"Beyond the Global Gender Agenda? Reflections from Latin America"  

Sonia Alvarez
Horwitz Professor of Latin American Politics and Studies
University of Massachusetts, Amherst
April 2, 2009
College Union Building, Room 260

Dr. Alvarez served as president of the Latin American Studies Association from 2004-2006. The Latin American Studies Association is the largest professional association in the world for scholars of Latin America. She is the author of numerous articles and books on Latin American women and social movements, including Engendering Democracy in Brazil: Women's Movements in Transition Politics (1990, Princeton University Press); Cultures of Politics/Politics of Cultures: Re-visioning Latin American Social Movements (1998, Westview); and The Making of Social Movements in Latin America: Identity, Strategy, and Democracy (1992, Westview). Her current research includes work on transnational feminist mobilization, notably around the World Social Forum.

This event is free and open to the public. Sponsored by the Women's Studies Program, Office of the Provost, EPACC, and the Department of Political Science.

Regina Barreca Thursday, April 12, 2007 7:30 p.m. College Union Building, Room 260

Regina Barreca, Professor of English Literature and Feminist Theory at the University of Connecticut, is the author of numerous books, including They Used to Call Me Snow White, But I Drifted, and co-author of I'm With Stupid: One Man. One Woman. 10,000 years of Misunderstanding Between the Sexes Cleared Right Up. Barreca has written for, among others, The New York Times, Ms. Magazine, The Chronicle of Higher Education, and the Chicago Tribune.  She served as an advisor to the Library of Congress for the American Humor Project, and is the founding editor of the book series, Humor & Gender.

(Sponsored by Women's Studies and Interdisciplinary Studies, the Departments of English, French and Italian, Management, Philosophy and EPACC)

This event is free and open to the public.

Kate Clinton If I Can't Laugh, It's Not My Revolution: Notes From 25 Years of Women's Comedy Wednesday, October 25, 2006 7:30 p.m., College Union Building, Ballroom Kate Clinton has performed nationally for over 25 years, specializing in political commentary.  She has taught humor writing at the prestigious Fine Arts Work Center in Provincetown, MA, and lectures widely on humor and the uses of humor in cultural change.  Clinton is the author of Don't Get Me Started and What the L?.  She has appeared on many television programs, including Good Morning America, Nightline, Entertainment Tonight, CNN, C-Span, Oxygen, and Lifetime, and writes monthly columns for The Progressive and The Advocate.

(Sponsored by Women's Studies and Interdisciplinary Studies, the Departments of English, French and Italian, Philosophy, Political Science, Theatre Arts, the Offices of College Life and Student Activities, EPACC, and Allies/SOAR)   This event is free and open to the public.

Tissa Hami Wednesday, September 19, 2007 7:00 p.m. College Union Building Junction

Tissa Hami, an Iranian American, is one of the world's few female Muslim stand-up comics, and according to her press release, no one is safe from her sharp wit (not Islamic fundamentalists, white liberals, or old-fashion racists).  Tissa, who performs in Islamic hijab, hopes her comedy will help break down stereotypes about Muslim women and foster understanding between Iranians and Americans.  She has appeared on television and radio, including a documentary for PBS.  Tissa holds Bachelor's and Master's degrees in International Affairs from Columbia University.

Azizah al-Hibri Thursday, April 10, 2008 7:30 p.m. College Union Building, Room 260

Azizah al-Hibri, a law professor at the T. C. Williams School of Law, University of Richmond, is a founder of Karamah, an organization of Muslim women lawyers based in Washington, DC who are developing a "model" marriage contract that can be adjusted to meet the requirements of family law in different parts of the country.  In the United States, civil law governs divorce, but judges have taken Muslim marriage contracts into consideration, sometimes viewing them as prenuptial agreements.  Islamic law experts who advocate for better treatment of women say the documents can help them assert rights under religious law that have long been played down by men.  Advocates contend their approach is well within Islamic law, even though skeptics say the interpretation is too influenced by Western thinking.